Month: September 2023

Former Atlanta and Houston morning host James Smith ‘Moby’ Carney passed away this morning at the age of 69 following a bout with stage 4 liver cancer. The Crossville TN native gained his nickname when he almost drowned in a lake as a child and someone said he looked like Moby Dick splashing around in […] […]

Should a station be switching out of or into Top 40 now? There are contradictory answers in three September format changes.  Cox’s WPOI (Hot 101.5) Tampa, Fla., the most successful of the second CHRs from the late-’00s/early-’10s format boom, got out of the format altogether, becoming Urban AC WTBV (The Vibe 101.5).  Cumulus’s Top 40 […] […]

Loud Media has begun a series of signal upgrades and moves at its stations around Knoxville TN. The company has ended the Classic Hits format of “104.9 Lake-FM” WPLA La Follette relaunching the station on 1400 WGAP/105.9 W250DJ Maryville as “Fun 105.9“. The new brand is slightly older leaning as it focuses on music from […] […]

Bill Sammons Jr. will retire from his roles as President/General Manager/morning host at The Bridge of Hope Inc. and its Christian AC “The Bridge” 88.7 WKNZ Harrington DE, 92.5 WNKZ Pocomoke City MD, 89.3 WNJB Bridgeton NJ, and 105.5 WAIZ WNJH Cape May Court House NJ. Sammons helped launch the network on WKNZ in 2010 […] […]

Hope Media Group Christian AC 89.3 KSBJ Houston midday host Jen Driskill has departed to join Northwestern Media’s 98.5 KTIS-FM Minneapolis as Assistant Program Director and midday host. Driskill had been with KSBJ since 2007 where she hosted nights and served as Assistant Music Director until moving to middays in 2012. She began her career […] […]

Audacy has announced that “98.9 The Rock” KQRC Kansas City Brand Manager Bob Edwards will add those same duties for Classic Rock 96.5 WCMF Rochester NY. Edwards has programmed KQRC since 2003 and also held Operations Manager duties for the Kansas City cluster. Prior to Kansas City, Edwards programmed WZZU and WRDU Raleigh, KKLZ Las […] […]